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MELOPHAGUS

• MELOPHAGUS (noun)
The noun MELOPHAGUS has 1 sense:

1. an arthropod genus of wingless flies including the sheep ked

Familiarity information: MELOPHAGUS used as a noun is very rare.

• MELOPHAGUS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An arthropod genus of wingless flies including the sheep ked

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Melophagus; Melophagus

Hypernyms ("Melophagus" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Melophagus"):

Melophagus Ovinus; sheep ked; sheep tick; sheep-tick (wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle)

Holonyms ("Melophagus" is a member of...):

family Hippoboscidae; Hippoboscidae (winged or wingless dipterans: louse flies)

"Ignorance is bliss."
(English proverb)
"The more cowherds there are, the worse the cows are looked after"
(Breton proverb)
"Shall the sheep go astray, they will be led by the ill goat."
(Arabic proverb)
"The grass is always greener on the other side."
(Danish proverb)

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